Strung beads



M. womvlsERh STRUNG BEADS. APPLICATION FIL ED SEPT. I6, I920.

1,412,231 0 Patented Apr. 11,1922.

lM/EA/TOR MA PCEL WOFMSEK MARCEL WOR-IVISER, OF SUMMIT. NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters iatent. Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,761.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARonL VVORMSER, a citizen of France, and a resident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strung Beads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lily invention relates to strung beads such as necklaces for example, and has in view the production. of a string of beads in which a metallic core is employed having superior strength as compared with silk or linen, 1n order to prevent the core from breaking.

The general object of my invention is to produce a string of beads with a core having the maximum flexibility and strength and to provide for fastening theends of the core in an effective manner so that the core cannot he accidentally withdrawn from the beads, and at the same time making provision for connecting the ends of the core, as for example by the use of a clasp of known form.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of practical examples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a partly sectional side elevation of a string of beads embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an end portion of core and beads, together with the end attachment for the core including a sheath, the view showing the parts assembled and for finishing.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a form of the invention in which the flexible core is directly united to the sheath without an intermediate connecting means.

In forming a string of beads in accordance with my invention I employ a chain 10 made up of small lengths and of a character for the core to be freely flexible in all directions. The core at the ends is provided with eyes so that the eyes at the opposite ends may be fastened together as by means of a clasp of known form shown at B, Fig. 1.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the chain core 10 has applied thereto at each end a flexible wire 11. In making up the chain the wire 11 is passed through the end link and returned on itself to present a two-strand form. The returned wire is employed as a needle for threading the beads on the core. In order to produce an eye at each end of the chain in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the eye is formed by means of a sheath 12 having generally the shape which the eye is to take, the illustrated form having a round eye 13. The sheath 12 may be produced from a split band. In practice the split band in approximately cylindrical form and slightly flared at the ends, as in Figs. 2 and 3, is positioned adjacent the doubled wire 11 and said wire is wrapped closely about the band and the end being then cut ofi close to the side of the band so that the terminal will lie at the split of the band and within the sheath as shown in Fig. 1. By a suitable tool or press the band is upset at its ends to give it the form of a sheath in close engagement with the looped terminal of the wire 11, as in Fig. 1.

The chain may have the sheath 12 directly appliedthereto at each end for which purpose the split band which forms the sheath is placed directly against the projecting end of the chain indicated at 10. Said chain is out off to the desired length and the sheath pressed to the looped end of the chain the same as the first described construction.

The chain core possesses the maximum flexibility and gives superior strength to the string; of beads and the flexibility of the chain is present at the ends notwithstanding the forming of the eyes on the ends of the chain.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein. illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a flexible core, beads strung thereon, loops on the ends of the core and sheaths encasing said loops, the material of the loops terminating withinqsaid sheaths beyond and independently of the end beads and clamped tightly thereby.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a string of beads having a flexible chain core within the same, separate flexible elements engaged with the ends of the chain, said elements being each doubled on itself and formed into a loop beyond the heads, and a sheath on each loop; said loop terminating Within the sheath at the side toward the beads and clamped tightly by said sheath independently of the end beads.

As a new article of manufacture, a string of beads, a flexible chain core Within the beads, separate flexible Wire elements engaged. with the ends of the chain, said 10 elements being each formed with a loop beyond the beads, and -a sheath on each loop, the material of each loop terminating With-f in the sheath at the side toward the beads and clamped by the sheath independently 15 of the end beads.

' MAR-GEL WORMSER. 

